EPS, Smartcards and SCR

Electronic Prescriptions – EPS Release 2 Roll-Out

Roll-out of EPS Release 2 is now active across South Staffordshire – South-East Staffordshire & Seisdon CCG have been the leaders in this, and Nikki Chapman who previously lead for the CCG on EPS produced the following document which is a great pocket guide to the process and supporting resources:

Further updates on practice go-live dates for all CCG areas will be listed here as soon as we have them so keep your eye on this website for more information…

Smartcards:

Access to Electronic Prescriptions and other functions (such as patient nominations) under EPS R2 can only be effected with an RA01 Smartcard

All members of the pharmacy team who will download EPS R2 prescriptions as part of their role MUST have their own RA01 Smartcard – it is PROHIBITED under the terms of issue to use another person’s Smartcard or allow such use of your own Smartcard in order to access EPS R2 prescriptions or any other process.

To access SCR you will need to get your smart card updated, more information is available on PSNC here. Please be aware that the SCR access can be added remotely. Please contact the service desk (details below) for advice on how to proceed with the update.